Homer Bailey stood triumphant, drenched in Gatorade following his masterful performance at Great American Ball Park Tuesday. Somewhere far off in a random sportsbook, another person was just as jubilant.

Slade Sohmer of Hypervocal brings us some remarkable news related to the Cincinnati Reds pitcher tossing his second no-hitter. It seems someone won $16,000 because of this particular baseball feat.

Here is a tweet from Dan Shapiro, whose Twitter description reads, "Business Development at William Hill US":

A @WilliamHillUS Sports Book customer bet $400 at 40-1 that there would be a no-hitter pitched tonight. He scores $16,000

On Tuesday night, Bailey walked to the mound for the 17th time this season. Nine innings and one fantastic Joey Votto play later, he secured his second no-hitter in 10 months.

While it only took Bailey a year to collect two, the feat is a rare one, taking place just 280 times in the sport's history. The 27-year-old is also just the 31st pitcher to now have two or more no-hitters in his career.

Essentially, this sort of thing doesn't happen every day, precisely the kind of feat that might garner 40-1 odds at a sportsbook.

Joe Robbins/Getty Images

Joe Robbins/Getty Images

It's also one of the last bets that we might think of when plunking down $400. Still, that is what apparently went down for one gutsy person who bet some pitcher might toss a masterpiece Tuesday.

If you want to know what it took to get there, Bailey was pumping mid-90s stuff well into the ninth inning, showing very little signs of exhaustion.